Volunteer Hub

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Here are 4 ways to measure volunteer program ROI and ensure you are getting the highest amount of value. As your nonprofit grows, so does the need to optimize your volunteer program and effectively measure ROI. Measure Volunteer Value. Measure Community Reach. according to an Independent Sector report.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2009

Many organizations struggle with the idea of ROI and metrics when it comes to social media because so much of it feels, well, untouchable. These 5 steps assume that your organization has already used a process to evaluate your audience and your goals and chosen tools and strategies that match the audience and organizational goals.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

By actively bringing together different departments and leading discussions around revenue diversification, you can set measurable goals, evaluate the ROI of each funding source, and make informed decisions about where to invest time and resources. But several options will help build a longer-term, more sustainable strategy.

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Candid

MARCH 17, 2025

For example, when Trust for Public Land, funded by the Walmart Foundation, paired diverse community members to plan local park events together, the trust left the participants to decide on goals, choose a location, invite their networks, and create a program that would promote friendly interactions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Social Media Roi Slidesbk. I’m doing a panel titled “Social Media ROI&# with Lauren Vargas from Radian 6 and moderated by Roz Lemieux from Fission Strategy. ROI had it origins as an accounting term and was originally a measure of return on the total investment in the entire business. The Four I’s of ROI.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2021

That makes it challenging for the agency to show adequate ROI or valuable conversions to their client when there is no strategy behind the advertising spend. Your marketing and competition analysis should clearly display marketing and advertising channels that have given you the best ROI. To Determine Your Goals for the Coming Year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2014

I put the call out for nonprofit blog posts on the topic of measuring your nonprofit’s marketing or communication strategies. The art part is how you articulate your organization’s measure of success and formulate strategies to realize that success. The science part of the equation starts with a solid methodology and tools.

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2024

Unless you measure your nonprofit’s performance, it’s impossible to know where you are succeeding and where you need to focus future efforts. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to measuring performance, but every successful fundraising team should have the ability to assess and refine its data.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

At the same time, marketing teams were facing an uphill battle to prove ROI as new digital marketing opportunities, like the rise of video content marketing and the shift towards mobile, led to changing tactics, and budgets came under more scrutiny. Now, a decade later, human resources teams are facing similar circumstances.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 17, 2021

During the discussion, use the following business principles to assist in your evaluation: Churn Rate: Churn rate in its broadest sense is a measure of the number of customers moving out of a collective group over a period of time. Which of our partners could support us in a deeper way? Redefine your asset portfolio based on your findings.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Whether the initiative is purchasing smart phones for staff or replacing your accounting system, measuring the Return on Investment (ROI) should be a key aspect of your decision. While "measuring ROI" may seem like a daunting task, it can be broken down into a few simple steps which are feasible for projects of all sizes.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 8, 2022

Return on investment is a metric that measures the profitability of an investment, giving you a way to compare the yields of investments and make more effective financial decisions. ROI is usually shown as a percentage calculated by dividing the net profit or loss by the initial cost. What’s the ROI, for example, of your annual gala?

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The key is to align your associations goals with your pricing discount strategy. Ultimately, your goals should guide the types of pricing discounts you offer. Set clear objectives Before launching your organizations discount campaign, youll want to determine your primary goal.

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Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

And if you don’t measure your ROI, you’ll never know if you’re actually making money or if you’d be better off focusing on more lucrative and less time-consuming strategies. . Here are a few things to do when thinking about your events and their ROI. Examine your event goals. . What was your goal for throwing your event?

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 24, 2022

Whether you tell stories in your fundraising or communications program, chances are you want to understand the impact and return on investment (or ROI) of the stories you tell. One of the best storytelling tips I can give you is to set yourself up for measurement success from the very beginning. This could be a quarter, month or week.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 22, 2021

Innovative colleges and universities, including USC , Stanford, Purdue, Rutgers, Michigan State, UPenn, and Notre Dame have recently implemented the Salesforce platform to help modernize their fundraising, personalize engagement, and conduct AI-powered research and reporting to inform strategy and measure ROI. About the Author.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

It involves taking a systematic approach to measuring your current content’s status and actively guiding content creation to achieve your stated goals, such as increasing sign-ups for a newsletter or increasing conversion rates. But how does that translate into a return on investment (ROI)? This makes measuring ROI tricky.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

I have been thinking a lot about actionable social media measurement strategies that are fit and trim and light on their feet! Inspired by the Measure Everything: Is Your Nonprofit Facebook Page Worth It? , You should also be thinking about what to measure and an efficient method for collecting that data before you begin.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

In addition to filming everything, he then creates the finished products, with a goal of one completed video per week, and then posts it to all of our social video sites. Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. We have two full-time, paid people working on social networking along with me.

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NetWits

MARCH 8, 2012

The folks running Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington centered all the fundraising efforts online due to the fact that online and social fundraising continue to gain traction while also producing a significantly better ROI when done well. Using Social Media to Generate Buzz and Measureable Results.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Align learning initiatives with broader business goals. Justify the return on investment (ROI) of L&D initiatives. Succession Planning and Learning Paths HR data on employee tenure, potential, and career goals can be combined with LMS data on learning paths and competency development.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2019

A new year brings new goals and now is the perfect time to plan your social media content calendar for 2019. It’s an easy way to set measurable goals and to align your objectives with your daily posting. There’s no need to be active on all social channels if you don’t get ROI from them. 10) Measure success.

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Gyrus

MARCH 17, 2024

Measuring the ROI of eLearning: A Guide for Businesses GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Businesses care about ROI. ROI, or Return on Investment, measures performance and gauges the efficiency of an investment. What Is eLearning ROI? 10 Steps to Understand eLearning ROI 1.Understanding

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Gyrus

MARCH 17, 2024

Measuring the ROI of eLearning: A Guide for Businesses GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Businesses care about ROI. ROI, or Return on Investment, measures performance and gauges the efficiency of an investment. What Is eLearning ROI? 10 Steps to Understand eLearning ROI 1.Understanding

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Gyrus

MARCH 17, 2024

Measuring the ROI of eLearning: A Guide for Businesses Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems Businesses care about ROI. ROI, or Return on Investment, measures performance and gauges the efficiency of an investment. What Is eLearning ROI? 10 Steps to Understand eLearning ROI 1.Understanding

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. One of my goals for 2011 is to better track the amount of time I spend on social media posting, planning, etc, and measuring that against actual engagement, as measured by: donations (via special source codes) and engagement (comments, reTweets, etc).

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Why Metrics Matter for Your Nonprofit Measure Success Metrics reveal whether your fundraising campaigns and strategies are achieving the goals youve set. Why It Matters : Understanding your average gift size helps you set realistic goals and identify areas to encourage higher giving levels.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Topic : Strong Connections: Linking Strategy, Goals and Metrics. Whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, or something else, you don’t have to be satisfied with a feeling: use your organization’s strategic plan to identify real goals and then track the data to show your impact. Topic : Social Media ROI.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 22, 2021

It’s evident that when you can show a donor the tangible return on investment (ROI) of their gift, you get a higher average gift and more frequent giving. It allows you to see which fundraising activities provide the highest ROI and contribute the most to your fundraising goals. Donation ROI. Why is this important?

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Make It Make Cents Guest Speaker: Gazala Uradnik, Founder, GFS Events Maximizing fundraising ROI requires strategic thinking and a clear understanding of your goals. Mission Alignment: Ensure your fundraising efforts reflect your organizations goals. Set Clear Goals: Define objectives to measure success effectively.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

Goals & Objectives. Evaluate your goals and objectives, as an organization. You will not be able to identify tools and engagement methods for your organization online without knowing the bigger picture and without knowing it in concrete goals that will let you build and work towards them. WeAreMedia’s ROI Toolbox.

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Care2

OCTOBER 19, 2010

As nonprofits and advocacy groups delve deeper into social media, the need to assess their return on investment (ROI) is critical. Given the organizational goals of advocacy groups, it should be abundantly clear that ROI encompasses far more than fundraising, and in many cases will not include fundraising at all. Engagement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2020

To use a drip-email campaign, determine what your end goal is, or your call to action. Whatever you want your donors to do, make sure you have this goal in mind when crafting your email series. To make your Giving Tuesday campaign garner maximum ROI, visit the Giving Tuesday Hub. Set up a drip email to do the work for you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Along with measuring against impact results, it is important to look at how much time has been invested. What are the right tools to help measure success? Earlier this month, the Ad Council hosted a webinar on the topic of social media ROI with three great social media minds to help us navigate these and other thorny online issues.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2021

The reality is that skipping or neglecting the discovery phase is the most common cause of budget and timeline overruns, low adoption and ROI, and misalignment to people and processes. It’s like that old adage from carpentry, “Measure Twice, Cut Once.”. Why is that? Here are our top 3 reasons: 1. Discoveries Lower Risk & Cost.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2009

Click to see larger image I'm very tempted to start using Results On Insights for ROI thanks to Barb Chamberlain's comment in yesterday's post " What Are The Best I-Words For Nonprofits To Think About Social Media and ROI? " But what does that really mean?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Our programs have started working social media outreach into some of their job descriptions, especially when their goals revolve around cultivating certain audiences. Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. I am the only person who is paid to work on social media full-time.

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